This Report cover the period April to July 1979. We have not been able to
bring out a Progress Report earlier since we were preoccupied in the villages
these past 4 months, preparing for the present crop season. The sowing
operations in the taluk have only just been completed due to an inordinate
delay in the second rains. The first rains, however, were on time and the
preparatory ploughing got over in mid June.

In spite of this “failure” of the rains, a Harijan from Lagumaddepalli
village described this crop season as follows:

“Though the rain have failed, and our seeds have yet to
germinate, this is still the best crop we will ever raise.”